| Dixon's Trading Page: Retrospectives and Nostalgic Documentaries All of the followig are w/o/c unless stated otherwise. An All-Star Word From Our Sponsor --1995 commercials special hosted by Phil Hartman (NBC) America's Favorite Commercials --TBS special from 1990s The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry --11/2002 retrospective 1 hour CBS at 75 --November 2002 3 hours (great nostalgia wallow, with a lot of really old clips) CBS: 50 Years from Television City --2002 (2 hours) *great* special! Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers --3/8/05 look back at Rather's career (1 hour) The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered --5/23/94 clip show hosted by Charles Kuralt The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited --5/11/04 1 hour Emmy nominated special w/clips and a new plot involving surviving actors in their original roles The Greatest Commercials Ever Made --1995 special hosted by John Ritter (CBS) I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary --11/11/01 a lot of rare behind the scenes clips Inside TV Land --The Andy Griffith Show Live From New York: the First Five Years of Saturday Night Live --2/2005 2 hours NBC: the First 50 Years --the November 1976 special that made me fall in love with classic TV; possibly the greatest network anniversary special ever; unfortunately this copy is missing its commercials and is in black and white with somewhat fuzzy video; 4 hours NBC 75th Anniversary ---May 2002 2 hours One Day at a Time Reunion --2/22/05 w/ clips and original cast The Seinfeld Story --11/25/2004 2 hour retrospective To the Galaxy and Beyond --11/9/97 A&E special profiling the history of sci-fi in cinema; narrated by Mark Hamill; 2 hours The Today Show ---January 14, 2002, celebrating the show's 50th anniversary; a *lot* of clips, guests include Bill Cosby, Sigourney Weaver (whose father, NBC executive Pat Weaver, created the show), and former "Today" hosts Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Jim Hartz and Tom Brokaw TV Guide Looks at Science Fiction --7/5/97 Sci-Fi Channel special hosted by William Shatner...and the "Lost in Space" robot! | Trading Home | game shows | daytime non-game | pre-1960 | |1960-90 | 1990-present | |